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 Traveller's Tales: Advise for travellers in Hong Kong
Heed our handy tips on safe travel in Hong Kong. You may read about travel warnings, health, what to wear, travel with kids, travel with pets, local weather, local government, medical information and traffic information in the area.Also, you might want to read our
Hong Kong city guide.
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| G Anaple |
17 August 2002 |
Stayed at Holiday Inn Golden Mile Hong Kong - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Kowloon is very busy and the sidewalks are extra crowded.
The people selling copy watches and especially the guys selling suits really got annoying.
The people of Hong Kong are not like the people of mailand China, that I encountered.
More greedy, less friendly.
The city looks much nicer at night, especially from up high or on the harbour.
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| R Perls |
16 August 2002 |
Stayed at Charterhouse, The - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Only thing I could say is don't use the laundry shop down the road from the CharterHouse that is located on Wan Chi Road. I used this place once and my clothes came back horribly stained. There was only a blue sign outside to identify this place.
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| H Prince ii |
06 July 2002 |
Stayed at Empire Hotel Kowloon - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Great shopping in Hong Kong, though more expensive than Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. Very crowded, feels like New York, people all in a hurry and not very friendly. Indian touts everywhere trying to get you into a tailor shop. Take the Star Ferry to the island and then the tram to Victoria Peak which still has the best views though it is highly commercialized over the last 20 years. Free internet with purchase in the Pacific Coffee shop. MTR is a great subway/people mover, can also walk to many places though the weather was awful: hot, humid, oppressive.
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| J Taylor |
12 June 2002 |
Stayed at Wesley, The - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Very close to train, walking distance. Cheap train travel with good info.given on the train in Englsh. Also walking distance to ferry. Can catch train or ferry to mainland from Hong Kong Island. We took the train to the mainland and came back by ferry. We also booked a tour through the hotel to The Peak, Aberdeen, and Stanley market. Very enjoyable, try to avoid hard sell at jewellery places.
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| T Tynan |
27 May 2002 |
Stayed at Majestic Hotel - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Well, HKong has the climate of South Carolina in the summer...hot and humid beyond belief but if you bring enough fresh shirts (or you can buy them there; they are very inexpensive) and can accept a little (well, more than a little) sweat
than you can have a most enjoyable vacation...
One of the joys of HKong are the islands...Lantau, Lamma, Chaeung Chung and the others offer a variety of interesting getaways from HKong/Kowloon ...they have a variety of villages, beaches and other attractions (not to be missed is the Buddha statue at the Po Lin Monastery on
Lantau; largest outdoor Buddha in the world!)Yes, the crowds and heat of the city can be a bit much but it is easy and cheap to get away from all that...and if you are lucky enough to meet some local people and get introduced to the local restaurants then there are a thousand places to eat that are inexpensive and fun...
the worst about HKong? PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC! The drivers there are some of the best in the world; I have never seen anyone break the speed limit on the roadways; however, the pedestrians on the streets of Kowloon will run you over in a New York Minute, especially the old ladies; they are oblivious of other pedestrians...and god forbid it is raining and people are "armed" with their umbrellas! You'll be lucky to get back to your hotel with both eyes unpieced!...still, I love it there; go prepared and you will have the experience of a lifetime.
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| D Legg |
17 May 2002 |
Stayed at Wesley, The - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong is not city with a large number of tourist attractions. Three days is all that is required, unless you are going for shopping. Note Hong Kong is only cheap for electronics, however buyer beware and only go to either Fortress, Citicall or Broadway.
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| D Cox |
23 April 2002 |
Stayed at Novotel Century Harbourview - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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We booked the following from the hotel
Ocean park , the tour bus took us to a jewellery factory in Aberdeen where we sat for 1.5 hours whilst the slimy tour guide reamed the money from the tourists, waste of time and money, hop a bus and go yourself.
Evening dinner cruise, tour guide had the worst English i can remember, the tour along, " Suzie Wong street", actualy Wanchai was very funny, talking about the hostesses outside the girlie bars the description used was, " these ladies are to welcome the geentlein gusts to the bar so they can relix and enjo thimselves,
( the spelling is not incorrect, this was the pronunciation.
basically GRAY LINE tours do not offer value for money
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| C Chu |
18 April 2002 |
Stayed at Nikko Hong Kong, Hotel - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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We took a day trip to Macau, which is a fascinating place because it is so different than Hongkong. However, it is also apparently more corrupt.
When we arrived in Macau we were approached by all kinds of people with offers for a variety of tours. Because it was our first time here, we thought a 2-hour guided van tour would be helpful to get us oriented. Later we planned to return to the city and sightsee on our own. We bargained down to a price of HK$200 for the three of us, and because it was a weekday, crowds were sparse and we had the van to ourselves.
We were driven to the major attractions of Macau, but soon we started stopping at gift shops and jewelry stores. The most bizarre stop was this clandestine Chinese medicine shop, which the van driver described as a secret he rarely tells other customers. It was in a deserted area where construction for a new casino was taking place. The shop had frosted windows and a door that was shut immediately after we were ushered in. We were offered all types of herbs and medicines at what we thought were astronomical prices. The van driver quibbed that they were good prices for such good quality medicine, and he himself gave the shopkeeper his credit card to buy a kilo of some herb. When we said we were not interested, we were ushered out of the shop immediately. Actually, we were surprised that they did not pressure us, or put more guilt on us to buy at least something. And before we left, the shopkeeper's assistant went up to the driver and told him that she needed to call his credit card bank to verify the charges, which was around HK$10,000, but that would take half-an-hour. The driver said that we had to go and he would come back later to get his herbs. At that time we knew the whole thing was scripted, that everyone was in on the scam. When we got back into the van and drove past the shop, I tried to get a glimpse of it, but it was already hidden behind steel shutters. Without a storesign, it was indistinguishable from the other empty and shuttered storefronts on the street.
The lesson about Macau is to be careful. The van tour gave us a good orientation of the city, so when we returned to the city we knew where to go and what to see. However, we spent only HK$200 when they tried hard to make us spend HK$10,200, or even more. And this tour was arranged from an apparently legitimate tour operator from one of the kiosks at the Macau ferry terminal.
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| M Skidmore |
12 April 2002 |
Stayed at Bishop Lei International - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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hong kong has everything u could want but its too expensive. the electronics salesmen are more ruthless than notelot car salesmen in the usa. same with a lot of the optical places.
one place, classy optical, took my glasses and hid them and almost blocked the door so i couldnt get out. it was sick.
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| T Chang |
07 April 2002 |
Stayed at Kowloon Hotel, The - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Dyanimc city with so much to see and do. Beware of tourist ripoffs in downtown.
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